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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2021, 4:47 PM CDT for Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2021, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2021, 5:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Bledsoe County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
710
WFUS54 KMRX 062147
TORMRX
TNC007-062230-
/O.NEW.KMRX.TO.W.0008.211006T2147Z-211006T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Morristown TN
447 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Bledsoe County in east Tennessee...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 447 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pikeville, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Bledsoe County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3575 8526 3576 8526 3577 8525 3577 8510
3576 8509 3576 8507 3577 8506 3560 8507
3558 8517 3575 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 162DEG 12KT 3562 8514
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Diegan2 follow-up statements
337
WWUS54 KMRX 062159
SVSMRX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
459 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
TNC007-062230-
/O.CON.KMRX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-211006T2230Z/
Bledsoe TN-
459 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BLEDSOE COUNTY...
At 459 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Pikeville, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Bledsoe County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3575 8526 3576 8526 3577 8525 3577 8510
3576 8509 3576 8507 3577 8506 3566 8507
3565 8521 3575 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 169DEG 24KT 3572 8515
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Diegan087
WWUS54 KMRX 062216
SVSMRX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Morristown TN
516 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
TNC007-062226-
/O.CAN.KMRX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-211006T2230Z/
Bledsoe TN-
516 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BLEDSOE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for east
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3575 8526 3576 8526 3577 8525 3577 8510
3576 8509 3576 8507 3577 8506 3566 8507
3565 8521 3575 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 162DEG 12KT 3577 8517
$$
DieganThe office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Marion | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 9:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Marion | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 102 min |
| Oct 6, 12:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 9 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Bledsoe | 46 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.